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Learning together, to work together
At the University of Pittsburgh, we are passionate about interdisciplinary education, and our students experience it from the beginning. Interprofessional care better meets the needs of the whole patient. Teaching our students to work as a team will prepare them to be effective collaborators in their careers.
Pitt offers free online training on opioids
Shekhar wants to break down the siloes in health care
Shekhar wants to break down the siloes in health care
Pitt’s Healthy Home Lab Receives $1 Million HUD Grant to Develop Technology-Enabled Solutions to Reduce Falls for Older Adults Living in Public Housing
The University of Pittsburgh Healthy Home Lab (HHL) has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop technology-enabled solutions to reduce falls and improve the safety of older adults living in...
Collaborating Schools
Dental Medicine
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Medicine
Nursing
Pharmacy
Public Health
Social Work
SPOTLIGHT
Mary Goldberg
“I want students to be the drivers on what they would learn most from other professionals by collaborating,” Goldberg says. “Topics like pain management, disability studies, emergency response and assistive technology are all very collaborative.”
Let’s work together.
Featured Projects
DISCO
The Diabetes Intervention and Self-Care Opportunity (DISCO) pilot program involves having people with Type 2 diabetes meet as a group to learn to better manage their health. It pulls together faculty members and students from several disciplines in the Schools of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and of Pharmacy, including psychology, physical therapy, nutrition and pharmacy.
Healthy Home Lab
Teams from the Departments of Occupational Therapy and of Rehabilitation Science and Technology within SHRS as well as Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Swanson School of Engineering collaborate here to develop solutions to challenges of aging, such as climbing stairs and smart home technology implementation.
Health Sciences
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Pittsburgh, PA 15261
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